Sessinghaus v. Central Paving and Construction Co.

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Municipal Corporations, 43CJ, p. 491, n. 30; 28Cyc, p. 994, n. 13; p. 995, n. 22. This is a suit for the cancellation of two special tax bills, the one for $659.22, and the other for $117.59, issued by the city of St. Louis, in favor of defendant, and against the property of plaintiff. The court rendered a decree canceling the tax bills, from which, after an unavailing motion for a new trial, defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff pleaded as grounds for the cancellation of the tax bills in question: First, that the improvement ordinance, authorizing the making of the…